Value Chain 1 - Electricity
- The electric company uses the natural gas for power generation
- You can watch TV
- The electric company sends electricity to your house
- NGC sells natural gas to the electric company
Value Chain 2 - Ammonia
- You use liquid cleaners to mop the floors
- Ammonia plants remove nitrogen from the gas stream
- NGC sells natural gas to ammonia plants
- Ammonia plants turn nitrogen into liquid ammonia
- Ammonia is used to make household cleaners and fertilizers
Value Chain 3 - Urea
- The small, white urea pellets are used as fertilizers
- You get nice, healthy, fresh vegetables to eat
- Urea plants mix carbon dioxide and ammonia to form urea
- Plants grow healthy and strong
Value Chain 4 - Metals
- Metals plants burn natural gas in furnaces to produce heat
- Manufacturers turn the metal into many useful objects
- Raw metal, called ores, melt in the heat of the furnaces
- While it is red hot, the metal is shaped into rods
- Metal is sold to manufacturers
Value Chain 5 - Methanol
- Methanol factories convert methane to methanol
- You can varnish your furniture and paint your house bright colours
- Methanol factories remove methane from the natural gas stream
- NGC sells natural gas to methanol factories
- Factories use methanol to produce paint, varnish and plastic